Despite experiencing labor pains since 4 am on Friday morning, relatives left home to take her to the birthing center in Ransa only at 7 am. Local Kali Bahadur Thapa said that Ramita gave birth on the way at 9:48 am, before reaching the birthing center.
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Ramita Thapa, 27, of Tila Rural Municipality-9, gave birth to a baby girl on the way to the birthing center. She gave birth to her daughter in Chayapatan while her relatives were carrying her in the snow.
Despite the pain of labor starting at 4 am on Friday, relatives had left home to take her to the birthing center in Ransa only at 7 am. Local Kali Bahadur Thapa said that Ramita gave birth on the road at 9:48 am before reaching the birthing center. He said, “There was two feet of snow. We were carrying her on a stretcher. She gave birth.” It takes five hours to reach the birthing center in Ransa from her village. Eight young men were carrying the pregnant woman. “There were neither health workers nor women’s health volunteers,” Kali Bahadur said, “Even the baby’s umbilical cord was cut with a stone.” After the baby was born, she was sent back home. Ramita has two daughters. The daughter born on the road is her third child. Kali Bahadur said, ‘So far, more than 6 women have given birth on the way while being carried to the birthing center.’
There is no health post in the village. There is only a building for the health unit. ‘There are neither staff nor medicines,’ said local Chhabi Thapa, ‘Women here are forced to walk five hours even to get a pregnancy test.’
He said that there is no alternative to carrying four to five hours from the village to reach the Karnali Institute of Health Sciences or the birthing center to get maternity services. ‘This also shows how vulnerable the mothers in remote areas are. The pregnant women here are waiting for premature death. Who can understand this suffering?’ he said.
Currently, there are about 60 households in the lower and upper Khopri in Tila Rural Municipality-9. ‘We are tired of repeatedly telling the problems faced by pregnant women in the village,’ said Chhabi, ‘Neither the local government, nor the provincial government nor the central government listens. We are forced to live like citizens of another country.’
Locals have said that this time they will strongly raise the same demands with the candidates who come to seek votes. There is no electricity, drinking water in the village. There are no health, education and road facilities,’ added Kali Bahadur, ‘The candidate who commits to addressing all these demands in writing will be voted for.’
